1672
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Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
Decades: | 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s |
Years: | 1669 1670 1671 - 1672 - 1673 1674 1675 |
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Year 1672 (MDCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1672
[edit] January - June
- March - The Synod of Jerusalem brings together bishops and representatives from the whole of Eastern Orthodox Christendom to discuss Orthodox dogma against the challenge of Protestantism.
- March 12 - England, France, Münster and Cologne begin their invasion of the United Provinces. 1672 becomes known as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands.
- March 15 - Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
- May 2 - John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
- June 12 - French forces under king Louis XIV cross the Rhine into the Netherlands.
- June 28 - William III of Orange is appointed Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
[edit] July - December
- August 20 - Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, is slaughtered by a mob in The Hague.
- October - Spain begins construction on the masonry fort that will become Castillo de San Marcos, to protect St. Augustine, Florida.
[edit] Ongoing
[edit] Births
Gregorian calendar | 1672 MDCLXXII |
Ab urbe condita | 2425 |
Armenian calendar | 1121 ԹՎ ՌՃԻԱ |
Bahá'í calendar | -172 – -171 |
Berber calendar | 2622 |
Buddhist calendar | 2216 |
Burmese calendar | 1034 |
Byzantine calendar | 7180 – 7181 |
Chinese calendar | 辛亥年十二月初二日 (4308/4368-12-2) — to —
壬子年十一月十三日(4309/4369-11-13) |
Coptic calendar | 1388 – 1389 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1664 – 1665 |
Hebrew calendar | 5432 – 5433 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1727 – 1728 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1594 – 1595 |
- Kali Yuga | 4773 – 4774 |
Holocene calendar | 11672 |
Iranian calendar | 1050 – 1051 |
Islamic calendar | 1082 – 1083 |
Japanese calendar | Kanbun 11 (寛文11年) |
Korean calendar | 4005 |
Thai solar calendar | 2215 |
- January 4 - Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)
- January 15 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)
- February 13 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (d. 1731)
- February 26 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
- May 1 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719)
- June 9 - Emperor Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
- June 11 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
- August 2 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)
- September 8 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
- October 11 - Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (d. 1742)
- October 21 - Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Italian historian and scholar (d. 1750)
[edit] Deaths
- January 15 - John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)
- February 19 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)
- March - Archibald Armstrong, court jester to James I of England and Charles I of England (year of birth unknown)
- April 22 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. 1598)
- May 5 - Samuel Cooper, English painter (b. 1609)
- May 8 - Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)
- May 11 - Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)
- May 28 - John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
- June 27 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (b. 1597)
- July 3 - Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)
- August 20 - Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (b. 1625)
- August 20 - Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (b. 1623)
- September 12 - Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (b. 1615)
- September 16 - Anne Bradstreet, American colonial writer (b. c. 1612)
- October 24 - John Webb, English architect (b. 1611)
- November 6 - Heinrich Schütz, German composer (b. 1585)
- November 19 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b. 1614)
- December 6 - King John II Casimir of Poland (b. 1609)
- December 7 - Richard Bellingham, Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592)
- date unknown - Denis Gaultier, French lutenist and composer (b. 1603)